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To ward off aging, stem cells must take out the trash
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To ward off aging, stem cells must take out the trash

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – SAN DIEGO IMAGE: THIS ILLUSTRATION IS FROM EMMA VIDAL OF DRAWIMPACTS CREDIT: EMMA VIDAL In humanity’s ongoing quest for the elixir of life, the science keeps pointing to stem cells. Research increasingly shows that maintaining stem cell fitness promotes a long healthspan, and new findings show keeping stem cells clean and tidy is...

How the brain knows when to take out the trash
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How the brain knows when to take out the trash

by Bill Hathaway, Yale University Credit: CC0 Public Domain The brain has its own housekeeping service, a sophisticated mechanism that cleans up debris that is left over from cellular activity. But scientists have had a hard time figuring out exactly how the brain knows when to initiate this cellular “trash pickup.” A Yale-led team of...